jpdb beta

reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

1

to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

3

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

2

waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

3

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

1

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

2

be on your guard!; take care!

1

counter for people

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

4

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word

3

rear garden; back yard

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

2

at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

1

canal; waterway; ditch

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

2

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

1

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

4

having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)

1

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

1

master; expert

1

government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve

1

olden days; former

3

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

5

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

3

to hate; to detest

1

omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

1

to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

2

shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun

6

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

3

to become desperate; to give in to despair

1

doing whatever one pleases

1

farmer; peasant; farming; the common people

2

to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

1

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

9

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

3

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

2

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

3

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

3

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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